2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. Tournament first round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 6. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 9 and 10, 2018 at the Delmar Fieldhouse in Houston.[1]
| 2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2017–18 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Delmar Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| First round site | Campus sites |
| Champions | Texas Southern (8th title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Davis (4th title) |
| MVP | Trae Jefferson (Texas Southern) |
| 2017–18 SWAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State* | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 20 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 14 | – | 21 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M* | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *ineligible for postseason due to APR violations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 SWAC Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern won the tournament by defeating Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the championship game, the Tigers' second consecutive championship. As a result, Texas Southern received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
The top eight teams competed in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Grambling State, the conference's regular season champion, was ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 12–6 | 3–1 vs Prairie View A&M/Texas Southern |
| 2 | Prairie View A&M | 12–6 | 2–2 vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff/Texas Southern |
| 3 | Texas Southern | 12–6 | 1–3 vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff/Prairie View A&M |
| 4 | Southern | 10–8 | |
| 5 | Jackson State | 9–9 | |
| 6 | Alabama State | 8–10 | |
| 7 | Alcorn State | 7–11 | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State | 4–14 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 6 – campus sites | ||||
| 1 | 7:30 pm | No. 8 Mississippi Valley State at No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 73–77 | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 5 Jackson State at No. 4 Southern | 60–62 | |
| 3 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Alcorn State at No. 2 Prairie View A&M | 71–87 | |
| 4 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Alabama State at No. 3 Texas Southern | 76–90 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 – Delmar Fieldhouse, Houston, TX | ||||
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs No. 4 Southern | 71–65 | |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Prairie View A&M vs No. 3 Texas Southern | 74–88 | |
| Final – Saturday, March 10 – Delmar Fieldhouse, Houston, TX | ||||
| 7 | 3:00 pm | No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs No. 3 Texas Southern | 69–84 | |
| Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 6 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 9 ESPN3 | Finals March 10 TV coverage: ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jackson State | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Prairie View A&M | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Alcorn State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Prairie View A&M | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Alabama State | 76 | ||||||||||||
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
References
- "SWAC Tournament gets new home - HBCU Gameday". hbcugameday.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.